AuthorTopic: ZX won't power on (Read 2348 times)

For any of you night owl tribesmen...Last night, my Z4 ZX worked just fine. Tonight, I picked it up to start practicing with it, and it won't power on off the old battery, off either of two fresh batteries, or wired through the Merge Brick. When I flip the switch, either the screen stays blank, or flashes a "18" or "1F" for half a second, then goes blank and doesn't respond to input.Any ideas? Only had the thing a couple of months. :\ I really did not expect to be taking advantage of the warranty after such a short time... I'm hoping it's user error...

Don't freak out just yet, the Zendrum is a very reliable controller. I don't know what those codes mean, but rest assured that the inspector will be in touch with you to get this figured out. Did you try plugging your Zendrum into the merge brick that come with your Zendrum? You can power up your Zen with the merge brick, if you do that and get the same codes, then there is an issue somewhere. The inspector will find out and get you back up and zenning again.

Inspector, after you find out what is going on, can you please post it or send me an email with the problem and solution so I can be on the lookout for a potential problem in the future, even a list of the codes would be great. I am using my ZX more and more and I rarely sit behind the kit anymore and I would hate to show up to a gig and my Zen flashed a 18 or 1F at me and then shut off and I wouldn't know why.

Yeah, I have been caught with my proverbial pants down on occasion, usually concerning a dead or missing cable.

(Wouldn't that be a great band name: Proverbial Pants??? I have now copyrighted it... )

You know what I think would be the perfect last-ditch backup plan? An old Roland SPD-8. I used to have one, and sold it for a laughable price; I now wish I hadn't. It's self-contained and I could limp through a gig on it if I needed to. Sounds pretty dated but better than going home, and takes up basically no space. Could double as a controller if ZX happened to die, could act as module if MacBook crapped out, or even as both if needed. eBay, here I come...

Rob, it was a power issue related to a bad pcb part.It's replaced now and redelivered with a new board, new serial number, and factory presets.Hopefully, it's the only one we'll ever see come back like this.No one likes gear failure less than me.